1. Rediscovery of Severe Saw-Scaled Viper (Echis sochureki) Envenoming in the Thar Desert Region of Rajasthan, India 
D.K. Kochar, MBBS, MD, P.D. Tanwar, MBBS, MD, Robert L. Norris, MD, M. Sabir, MBBS, MD, K.C. Nayak, MBBS, MD, T.D. Agrawal, MBBS, MD, V.P. Purohit, MBBS, MD, A. Kochar, MBBS, Ian D. Simpson, BSc, DM 
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 
Volume 18, Issue 2, Pages (June 2007)
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2. Figure 1
Adult northern saw scaled viper (Echis sochureki) poised to strike in the Thar desert.
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3. Figure 2
The use of “morpunki” in a victim of Echis sochureki envenoming. A peacock feather is tied loosely above the bitten foot in the belief that it will prevent venom absorption.
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4. Figure 3
Fixed, dilated right pupil in a 24 year old victim of Echis sochureki envenoming complicated by intracranial hemorrhage (22½hours following the bite).
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5. Figure 4
Severe anemia (haemoglobin 2gm/dl) demonstrated by a pale tongue in a 64 year old patient bitten by Echis sochureki (at 66½hours following the bite) (see also figures 5 and 6.
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6. Figure 5
Abdominal wall ecchymosis in the same victim shown in figures 4 and 6.
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7. Figure 6
Gluteal ecchymosis in the same victim shown in figures 4 and 5.
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